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Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
